Revisiting To Kill a Mockingbird: The Moment My Faith Was Shaken During the Fall semester, I took a class titled Fiction in the Culture Wars. Throughout the semester, my classmates and I read Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman and Angie Thomas’ TheContinue reading “To Kill a Mockingbird and The Hate U Give: The Problem with Feeling Safe”
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SJWs: Social Justice Writers
Leading the Charge The term Social Justice Warrior or SJW is often used as a derogatory term given to a person that promotes socially progressive views. When tasked with coming up with ways in which teaching authentic writing can promote social justice, I immediately came up with the idea of changing this term intoContinue reading “SJWs: Social Justice Writers”
Attention Students: You Are All Writers!
Ready, Set… One of the most important things that we can teach our students as teachers of authentic writing is that they are ALL writers. The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) even lists this as one of their guiding principles. Under Principle 2.1: Everyone is a writer, they state: “Everyone has theContinue reading “Attention Students: You Are All Writers!”
Designing the User’s Journey: My Three Takeaways
My Thoughts So Far Hey everyone! I hope you are all staying healthy and are safe at home. On the bright side, having all of this extra time at home is great to catch up on some reading and writing. Currently, as many of you reading this already know, we are reading The SixContinue reading “Designing the User’s Journey: My Three Takeaways”
Three Things I Want to Remember When Teaching Authentic Writing
Preface: As I was thinking about writing this post, my immediate thought was that I wanted to remember everything we have learned so far. I wish it was possible for me to remember every sentence down to the punctuation, however, I know that is unrealistic. Instead, I had to sift through everything we haveContinue reading “Three Things I Want to Remember When Teaching Authentic Writing”
Unlearning the Notions of Being a Writing Teacher
I don’t know about anybody else, however, my expectations going into this class have been completely thrown out the window. While reading the prompt for this assignment, I struggled for awhile to come up with something to write about; not because I haven’t learned anything, rather there is so much I have to UNLEARN.Continue reading “Unlearning the Notions of Being a Writing Teacher”
Challenges of a Writing Teacher
I think one of the main challenges as a writing teacher is to get students to care about writing. In school, many students view writing as a chore and dread having to complete writing assignments. This also can be a result of students lacking confidence in their writing. I believe that attitude plays a pivotalContinue reading “Challenges of a Writing Teacher”
Response to Writing Gaps
After reading the blog post “Bridging the Writing Gap: Centering Student Voices in High School and College Writing.” by Kristen Marakoff and P.L. Thomas, I found that many of the writing gaps they discussed matched my high school experience. For example, The Choice Gap is something that I struggled with when transitioning from high schoolContinue reading “Response to Writing Gaps”
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”
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